Re: How do I find out about Apple II plus RAM upgrading?

["Tom Zuchowski" <tjz@mindspring.com>]

Edhel Iaur <drsmooth@relex.com> wrote in article
<54e57h$mlb@news.emi.com>...
> "Tom Zuchowski" <tjz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> >The II+, IIe, and IIgs use completely different memory cards.
> 
> Memory cards compatible with the Apple II Memory Expansion Card will
> work in all Apple //s (except the //c) (to varying degrees).
> 
> >The II+
> >memory organization is =completely= different from the memory
organization
> >on the IIe
> 
> Only if you use those ][+-only cards or aux. RAM cards.

Yes, of course I know those facts, but it doesn't do a II+ owner much good
to add a 1MB slinky card to his machine if he still can't run any software
because he has no auxcard-type 128K RAM.  I "assumed" that his =real=
question was, "How can I run 128K programs on my II+?"  Having a 1MB
RAMdisk won't do him any good in that department. <g>

As for PlusWorks, I think we agree that he's better off picking up a IIe
CPU and running AW on it.  I used a II+ up until 1989 and managed to do
everything I wanted with it, but it is a hobby in itself because you have
to go around three sides of a square to accomplish things that are trivial
on a IIe.

TomZ